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Muslim Bloc Slams Israel's West Bank Land Move

Eight Muslim-majority countries and the UN describe Israel's land registration and 2,780-unit settlement expansion near Jerusalem as a 'dangerous escalation' increasing regional tensions.

In a strongly worded joint statement issued just days before US President Donald Trump is set to chair the maiden Board of Peace summit on Gaza, Pakistan and seven other key Muslim countries on Tuesday condemned Israel's decision to designate lands in the occupied West Bank as "state land" and expand settlement activity. According to the joint statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here, the foreign ministers of Pakistan, Egypt, Jor…

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The approval of a law by the Government of Israel that allows the re-opening of the process of land registration in the occupied West Bank under its ownership has led to the condemnation of the UN and many countries, considering it another annexationist step. Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for the secret...

In a communication sent to the Lusa agency, the Movement for the Rights of the Palestinian People and the Peace in the Middle East (MPPM) notes that, with the attention directed to the Gaza Strip, led by the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, "Israel is preparing legislation that enables it to speed up its accession programme in the West Bank, while continuing its policy of ethnic cleansing." "With these measures, Israel has definitely buried th…

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